Angolan on trial over diamond book
Craig TaylorAn Angolan journalist goes on trial on charges of defaming military generals after he accused them of links to the “blood diamond” trade. BBC News – Africa
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Early call for Ebola help ‘ignored’
A “global coalition of inaction” contributed to world’s deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak, the medical charity MSF says a year after it was declared. BBC News – Africa
Bodies found in Boko Haram town
At least 70 bodies are found dumped near Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram by troops from Niger and Chad. BBC News – Africa
Boko Haram ‘pushed out in a month’
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan tells the BBC that he hopes all territory seized by Islamist militants Boko Haram will be recaptured within a month. BBC News – Africa
Tunisia in ‘war against terror’
Tunisia’s president vows to fight terrorism “without mercy” following a gun attack in Tunis that killed 19 people, most of them tourists. BBC News – Africa
Egypt orders activist killing trial
Egypt’s state prosecutor says a policeman must stand trial on charges of killing activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh at a protest in Cairo in January. BBC News – Africa